Name: South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Return to farm calves from $575-$750 per head

*NO SALE NOVEMBER 26, 2025*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $275.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −120.34 against this barn's trailing median of $395.34.

Average price

$275.00

1 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.30

vs WV average

−81.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	595	275.00	1,636	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.80, low $356.75, median $395.34 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

275.00

—

WV average4 barns · 59 hd

290.30

−15.30

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−81.89

This barn, trailing median5 sales

395.34

−120.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,495	130.00	1,944	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,511	127.45	1,926	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,231	99.42	1,224	24

Every lot, as filed

18 lots · USDA AMS · South Branch Valley Livestock Exchange - Moorefield, WV

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	325.10/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,213	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	320.00/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,440	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,396	126.14/cwt	118.00–136.00	1,761	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,315	119.86/cwt	101.00–141.00	1,576	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,277	113.46/cwt	92.00–138.00	1,449	11
Bulls	—	—	1,495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,944	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	74.11/cwt	50.00–100.00	859	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,145	92.79/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,062	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	800–850	835	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,253	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,693	3
Steers	Small 1-2	550–600	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	888	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,683	129.42/cwt	123.00–140.00	2,178	6

How this sale compares

West Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every West Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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